Day 3 for Nogal's new life.  He is a particularly smart Goat.  

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in the late day feeding, there is an appetizer of pellets before the hay.  there is much competition for every single pellet.   and Nogal has discovered that the most Sure and Peaceful place at the Bowl is directly under Gideon's head.  all of the pushing and shoving goes on above.  under Gideon's head,  there are many pellets.  

 

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and LOOK.   Arrived.  Beyond what i'd imagined.  and perfect for this Time of Purposlessness.

 

and this morning i had a thought

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i think i am going to go about the Experiment of Purposelessness from a different direction.  i sat long, looking at this photograph of an unknown old woman this morning before dawn.  into the dawn.  and then on into the beginning of the day.  Just looking.    and it occurred to me that maybe if i imagined her life,  the life that at 20 something i knew i wanted,  maybe i would know more about the direction i would like to go.   

so in the initial part of the Experiment,  i am going to begin imagining/visualizing Her.  Her world.  actually,  her Diorama.  where she lives.  what she "has".  what she does.  How she lives.  if it goes well,  i will "ask" her.   Back in the day when i studied Intensive Journal Process,  i did a lot of this.

It's been years.  a different lifetime, really.  but i wonder if i remember how.  and i wonder if i can "find" Her.

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. jude Avatar

    you will.
    this happened to me, it is happening still.

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  2. margaret johnson Avatar
    margaret johnson

    Hi Grace, nice to see your goats happy and healthy. What an exquisitely beautiful face the woman in your picture has. The strong hand holding the scythe, the other grasping the branches. I see a homemaker. I see experience throuh necessity. I love the idea of your viualising her life. Are you going to make a cloth from what you see? ox

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  3. Nance Avatar
    Nance

    This is good. You will find your direction this way. I see a path for you.

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  4. saskia Avatar

    hmmm, if I understand correctly what you are saying here, it’s about how the person we are – underneath ‘it’ all – the person who oftentimes is forgotton because Life happens….and that Life is Good/as it should be, I’m not questioning that (for now), that person, the kernel of our being that is the one you’re looking for?! is that what you’re stating?

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  5. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    You will find her simply because she is already here, inside of you, always has been. The thing about looking, seeking, asking,for me, is that the question deepens as we age, carries more significance because we have shed some layers in order to come to know the woman who lives inside our bones. I don’t know anything about intensive journal process but I do know about guides, those who come when we are ready. It was no accident that you found this postcard at this time. The woman is the image of La Que Sabe, she who knows. I think back to the last pages of Clarissa Pinkola Estes book, Women Who Run With the Wolves; she lists the 10 things to keep in mind now that we have found our wild selves, our essential selves: #8 is tend to the bones. Bones provide our framework, both physically and by listening to our inner marrow, spiritually and I mean that in the sense of a woman’s knowing, not any religious connotation and you are listening…

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  6. Deb G Avatar

    Thinking about this. Love Nogal’s problem solving abilities.

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  7. Sandi Avatar

    Grace- your pondering of things really is quite amazing. Your observations intrigue me and there is always something to learn or gain by visiting. Nogal is a smart boy and a survivor. Seeing this today is very comforting to me. The answers can be so simple sometimes, yet our minds love to cloud them.
    This woman in the photo- yes, she has much to share. I do hope you connect with her. Thank you beautiful friend! xo Sandi

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  8. Valerianna Avatar

    Love that smart, ingenious goat! And I could see this grandmother image on every post of yours and never tire of her.

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  9. grace Avatar
    grace

    i am quietly waiting and purposelessly doing. maybe
    she’ll notice

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  10. grace Avatar
    grace

    homemaker
    i just love those words, that word. just love it.
    making a home. home making.
    homemaker.
    don’t know, cloth, haven’t seen yet.
    so glad, always, margaret, when you come here

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  11. grace Avatar
    grace

    maybe she was clearing the Path?

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  12. grace Avatar
    grace

    no…i have been diligent all along. even when Life has
    happened. i think there IS the Thread, the kernel, and
    i recognize that when i see it. but i think also there
    are many ways to go. none better, none less. many ways.
    Choices.
    but well, really, i’m not sure yet what i’m stating. so
    ….i …..well, i’m not sure yet. just that. not sure
    yet.

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  13. grace Avatar
    grace

    i love you, Marti.

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  14. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. he had a very good day today…Sunday….

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  15. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. the answers are so simple. so so so simple.
    love to you

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  16. grace Avatar
    grace

    he is a totally Great little Goat. i told him that.
    many times today. he listened.

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  17. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Methinks I hear a strange drumming drifting in the air tonight!

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  18. grace Avatar
    grace

    you do

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